AROUND THE WORLD

AROUND THE WORLD; Singapore Woman Saved After 3 Days in Rubble

AP

Published: March 19, 1986

SINGAPORE, Wednesday, March 19—
Rescuers saved a woman Tuesday night who survived three days in the rubble of a collapsed hotel, protected by a table.

Officials said Tuesday night that they believed the woman, identified as Chua Kim Choo, 30 years old, was the last person left alive in the wreckage.

But early today a tapping sound indicated there could be another survivor.

Miss Chua, found under a table that had kept a caved-in ceiling from crushing her, was the 17th survivor found since the six-story New World Hotel collapsed Saturday. It is feared that as many as 57 people died in the disaster.

The tapping was heard today when bulldozers and cranes stopped working while listening devices were lowered into the rubble to detect any noise from possible survivors.

Lim Siam Kim, operations manager for the Home Affairs Ministry, said Miss Chua suffered bruises and dehydration but was in satisfactory condition at a hospital.